Thursday, July 18, 2013

Sonora PD press release re: Drug Arrest

18 July 2013, at approx. 1:22 am, Officers where conducting a patrol check of the Mountain Shadow Cemetery, located at the intersection of Greenley Road and Lyons Street when they observed a Chevy Trailblazer parked inside the cemetery. Inside the vehicle were two male subjects.
The Officers contacted the subjects who were identified as Russell Robinson, 49 of Delhi, and Steven Spearman, 58 of Turlock. A records check showed that Robinson was on searchable felony probation out of Stanislaus County for a drug violation.
A probation search was conducted of the vehicle, which resulted in the discovery of heroin, a syringe loaded with heroin and an empty syringe. Both Robinson and Spearman were arrested without incident and transported to the Tuolumne County Jail and booked. At the jail, it was discovered that Robinson also had hash in his possession which he had failed to disclose to Officers before entering the jail.
Spearman was booked for felony possession of a controlled narcotic and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Robinson was booked for felony possession of a controlled narcotic, felony possession of concentrated cannabis (hash), felony brining a controlled substance into a jail, felony violation of probation and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.
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